Name: Paneer Bhurji Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: indian
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons oil (or ghee, butter or white butter); ½ teaspoon cumin seeds; ½ cup onions (- (finely chopped) or 1 medium sized); 3 to 4 small garlic cloves + 1 inch ginger (- peeled, made to a paste in mortar-pestle or 1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste); 1 or 2 green chillies (- finely chopped or slit, or about ½ to 1 teaspoon, chopped); 1 cup tomatoes ((tightly packed, finely chopped) or 2 medium sized to large tomatoes); ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder ((ground turmeric)); ½ teaspoon red chilli powder (or ¼ to ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper ); ½ teaspoon coriander powder ((ground coriander)); ¼ to ½ teaspoon garam masala; 200 to 250 grams paneer ((Indian cottage cheese)); salt (as required); 3 tablespoons coriander leaves (- chopped, (cilantro))

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Paneer Bhurji Recipe

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 3 · 20m total

Servings

Calories

19% of a 2,000 cal day

377KCAL

Protein

14g27% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat24g

31%

Saturated10g

50%

Unsaturated14g

—

Total Carbs26g

Fiber2g

Total Sugars21g

—

incl. Added Sugars0g

Starch3g

—

Sodium589mg

26%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A Punjabi scrambled paneer cheese dish with onions, tomatoes, and warm spices. Tangy and aromatic, it's quick and satisfying for breakfast.

Ingredients

3 SERVINGS

3 tbspoil — or ghee or butter or white butter
½ tspcumin seeds
½ cuponions — finely chopped, 1
3–4small garlic cloves + 1 inch ginger — peeled, made to a paste in mortar-pestle or 1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste
1–2green chillies — finely chopped or slit, ½–1 tsp
1 cuptightly packed, finely chopped tomatoes — or medium sized to large tomatoes
¼ tspturmeric powder (ground turmeric)
½ tspred chilli powder — or cayenne pepper
½ tspcoriander powder (ground coriander)
¼–½ tspgaram masala
200–250 gpaneer (Indian cottage cheese)
salt — as needed
3 tbspcoriander leaves (cilantro) — chopped

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Method

20m total

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